#GunCrisis: A mission to stop gun violence in Philadelphia

As the Senate Judiciary Committee continues to push forward on piecemeal gun safety legislation this week, President Obama will rally grassroots supporters on Wednesday—keeping them motivated for the tough congressional fights ahead.

Over the last 25 years, at least one person is murdered every day in Philadelphia, and more than 75% of those victims were killed with a gun. Those statistics are part of what has motivated Jim MacMillan to document every instance, within the last year, of gun violence that has taken place in the city of brotherly love.

Using what can sometimes be very graphic images of crime scenes, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, hopes to raise awareness about what he calls an ‘epidemic of homicide by gunfire’.